George Orwell
QUOTES FROM George Orwell
Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable and to give the appearance of solidity to pure wind
If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear
At a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act
Freedom is the Freedom to say two plus two make four. If that is Granted, all else follows
In times of universal deceit, telling the truth will be a revolutionary act
Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it
Who controls the past controls the future, who controls the present controls the past
Big Brother is watching you
If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear
If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear
George Orwell
Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past
George Orwell
If you want a picture of the future imagine a boot stamping on a human face. For ever. Don’t let it happen, it depends on you
That rifle hanging on the wall of the working-class flat or labourer's cottage is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there
George Orwell, sergeant in Home Guard
The choice for mankind lies between freedom and happiness, and for the great bulk of mankind, happiness is better
George Orwell
All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others
George Orwell
we have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men
George Orwell
